Named pipe

A named pipe is like a tube that connects two programs on a computer. It's called "named" because you give it a name, which helps the computer know which two programs should be talking to each other. The programs can write to the pipe, like water going from one place to another, and the other program can read from the pipe, like getting water from one place and bringing it somewhere else. The place where the water (information) is coming from and going to is called a buffer. Named Pipes are very helpful when you need one program to pass information to another.